The Art of Record Covers: Illustration Meets Lettering
Creating Tonal Rendering
A course by Steve Simpson , Designer and Illustrator
About the video: Creating Tonal Rendering
Overview
“In this lesson we will be making a tonal digital rendering.”
In this video lesson Steve Simpson addresses the topic: Creating Tonal Rendering, which is part of the Domestika online course: The Art of Record Covers: Illustration Meets Lettering. Combine illustration and lettering to create unique designs that complement the music they accompany.
Partial transcription of the video
“CREATING TONAL RENDERING In this lesson we're going to make a monochromic black and white version of the final piece. I find this helps specially on the more complicated illustrations to lead us into colour, it gives a greater sense of the depth, and kind of breaks it down between what's in the background what's in the foreground, and also things like shadows and highlights. I'm just going to use three tones: white, and almost black, and a tone in-between. The first thing I'm dropping in is the shadows on the lettering. This is really a quick process, you shouldn't take to long to do this. ...”
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Course summary for: The Art of Record Covers: Illustration Meets Lettering
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Category
Illustration -
Areas
Calligraphy, Graphic Design, Lettering, Traditional illustration
Steve Simpson
A course by Steve Simpson
With over 30 years of experience, Steve Simpson is renowned for his hand-lettered packaging design, whimsical characters, and illustrated barcodes. His distinctive style, inspired by the arts & crafts movement, 50s advertising, and folk art, has appeared on everything from a 1" postage stamp to a 200 feet screen in Times Square. His work has adorned whiskey bottles and cough bottles, boardgames and board rooms, hot sauces and ceramic saucers.
Since 2008, Steve has won over 50 awards for both packaging design and illustration, including Gold awards from the Association of Illustrators, Illustrators Guild of Ireland, the IDI and ICAD. He's been an awards judge for Adobe, 3x3, and the Hong Kong Society of Illustrators, and is also a founding member of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland and OFFSKETCH.
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